PACK had another successful trip to Matagorda Island State Park. The weather could have had a few less showers.
Everyone arrived Friday morning with 11 people making way to the park via Captain Henry’s Guide Service. Larry and Joel came in Larry’s boat, Craig and Jason came in Craig’s new boat, and Bob and Bruce arrived in Bruce’s boat. After the group arrived on Friday showers set in for the rest of the afternoon. As the rain stopped we were greeted with very strong southeast wind.
Friday’s catches included flounder caught in the park marina, Redfish and trout caught near Pringle Lake. Friday evening everyone had dinner and watched the beautiful sunset. Friday night from dark to midnight Matt, Mike, and Bruce fished the channel by the Army Hole leading into Pringle Lake. Mike landed his personal best redfish 24 inches. During this time the three landed many trout and red fish.
Saturday we were greeted with calm winds with rain clouds in the distance. Boat traffic was light due to possible rain showers. Everyone headed out early to catch the early bite. Half of the group headed towards Light House Cove while the other half went towards Pringle Lake. Majority of the group arrived back at camp around lunchtime with the exception of Bob and Jason. Lots of Trout and Redfish were caught with Bob thinking he was going to win the big trout pot with a 21 inch trout. As the afternoon passed we started cooking for the group feast which included fried fish, French fry’s, beans, Larry’s homemade homney with cheese and chilis, and for desert Pecan and Apple Pie. Jason arrived back at the campsite while the group was preparing dinner with a big smile on his face. He had caught his personal best trout a 27 inch trout that was caught in knee deep water. Little did he know at first when it hit his topwater that it was a trout becuase he had been catching a lot of redfish. He had dreams of entering the trout in the CCA Star tournament. Lots of pictures were taken and stories of Jason’s new fishing spot he found were shared.
Sunday we were greeted with calm winds and sunshine. Majority of the group fished the channel in front of the park with lots of trout landed. The area was loaded with crazy power boater’s. The fox was seen again this year. At 11 AM everyone headed in to pack for the trip home. As the group was getting ready to head back to POC Larry’s boat motor would not tilt down, with the help of Bruce Larry was on his way. Shortly after the group had made back to POC the skies opened up with heavy rain showers. Jason had his trout weighed, it tipped the scales at 6 pounds 12 ounces (CCA requires the trout to weigh a minimum of 8lbs).
Big fish pot contest results: Bruce – 24 1/8 inch Red Fish, Jason – 27 inch trout, Barry – 15 inch flounder.
The trip was accident free and everyone had a great time. I'm looking forward to a repeat trip next year.
Bruce Behrens |